Monthly Archives: August 2012

ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms 10 Tutorials Published

Posted on August 28, 2012 by chanmingman

ASP.NET 4.5 is finally RTM. Microsoft has updated and published the end to end tutorial series that consisting of 10 tutorials on the ASP.NET web site: Getting Started with ASP.NET 4.5 Web Forms.

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AMD model that works with Windows 8

Posted on August 25, 2012 by chanmingman

Acer 5560G with AMD A6 (tested with Windows 8 Hyper-V) Dell Studio XPS 7100 with AMD Phenom™ II X6 processor

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Migrate vhd from Windows Virtual Machine in Windows 7 to Hyper-V in Windows 8

Posted on August 21, 2012 by chanmingman

Good news if you need not to do anything because you can just point to vhd file and the virtual machine is able to run. Unfortunately if you have installed Virtual Machine Addition from Windows 7 then mostly likely your … Continue reading →

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Unable to open the physical file "C:\Database\database.mdf". Operating system error 5: "5(Access is denied.)"

Posted on August 20, 2012 by chanmingman

When you attach a database you might get the error below. ——————————————————————————————————————– Unable to open the physical file “C:\Database\Commerce.mdf”. Operating system error 5: “5(Access is denied.)”. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 5120) ——————————————————————————————————————– What you need to do is to assign … Continue reading →

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What applications are not working in Windows 8

Posted on August 19, 2012 by chanmingman

·         Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Screen Capture SP1 (SP2 will work) ·         Microsoft Virtual Machine 2007 ·         McAfee ·         Microsoft Security Essential ·         ATI Catalyst

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What applications are still working in Windows 8 (continue…)

Posted on August 19, 2012 by chanmingman

·         FreeFileSync  v5 ·         Crysis 2 Game ·         StarCraft II Game ·         Outlook 2010 (but the live mail connector is buggy for example, cannot synchronize all the folders at once) ·         Google Chrome ·         Visual Studio 2010 ·         SQL Management … Continue reading →

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What applications are still working in Windows 8

Posted on August 18, 2012 by chanmingman

·         Snagit10 ·         Live Writer ·         Word 2010 ·         Speedbit downloader ·         Media Player Classic 1.3.1311.0 ·         Virtual Box 4.1.18

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Capture the screen in Metro Style App in Windows

Posted on August 18, 2012 by chanmingman

You can still use PrtSc button in keyboard to capture the screen and paste to MS Paint.

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The different between LightSwitch 2010 and LightSwitch 2012

Posted on August 17, 2012 by chanmingman

There are 3 obvious differences between LightSwitch 2010 and LightSwitch 2012 1. The Task menu. 2. The Save and Refresh buttons. 3. The new data button. Note: LightSwitch 2012 is built-in to Visual Studio 2012

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Resources for Windows 8 Metro Style App development

Posted on August 7, 2012 by chanmingman

How do I videos: http://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/How-Do-I MSDN Webcast Series – Building Windows 8 Metro Style Apps http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Camp/MSDN-Webcast-Series-Building-Windows-8-Metro-Style-Apps Windows 8 Developer Camp – On Demand http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Windows-Camp/Windows-8-Developer-Camp-On-Demand

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